“It’s been a long time coming, but the Cup is here!” University of Virginia head football coach Tony Elliott shouted upon emerging in the jubilant Cavalier locker room following UVA’s 27-7 win over archrival Virginia Tech on Saturday.

The Cavaliers are headed back to the Queen City this weekend. At 8 p.m. Saturday, UVA (10-2) will face Duke (7-5) for the ACC championship at Bank of America Stadium in a rematch of a game played Nov. 15 in Durham, N.C. At Wallace Wade Stadium, the Wahoos dominated the Blue Devils and won 34-17.

The 2025 ACC Championship is on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. The title game will air at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The ACC Championship Game is played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be the 15th time the ACC Championship Game has been played in Bank of America Stadium.

Decades after igniting the conference realignment fire, the league is in danger of getting burned again Raise your hand if you think the Atlantic Coast Conference will exist in 10 years. Wait. This is the conference of the Duke-North Carolina basketball rivalry. Why are there so many hands folded squarely in laps?

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All season long, overtime had been the Virginia Cavaliers’ time to shine, and they exuded confidence when the fourth quarter of the ACC championship game ended with the score 20-20 late Saturday night. “I felt like we had it, especially going on defense first,” safety Devin Neal said. “We got this.”